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  1. Source for figure as requested on Still in DMCA Prison · · Score: 2
  2. Re:bah on Senator Seeks Injuction Against WinXP · · Score: 2

    True. IIRC, he is one of the members of our government who takes a firm stand against the rights and freedoms of the individual, preferring instead a more imperial government. There has to be more to this sudden change of heart than altruism. What's in it for Schumer?

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  3. Re:Filmstrips as a way to Preparedness? on US Looks At Bioterrorism · · Score: 2

    But Janey doesn't panic. She remembers what they taught her in school. That's right, "Duck & Cover."
    --South Park
    --Volcano

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  4. Re:If you don't like the outcome of the election . on Debian GNU/Linux Used in Electronic Voting Trials · · Score: 2

    Yep. Look for the "raise_dead-0.91.4.deb" package. Make sure to use the "--political-affiliation=" option.

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  5. Re:I did the same thing... on Protect Your Computer From Theft · · Score: 2

    Of course a few ounces of dog sh*t will do the same thing

    It certainly put a stop to the janitor who was stealing people's lunches from the fridge at my old $ORK_PLACE. After eating that sandwich, he was observed filling his rolling trash bin via oral-gastric fluid reversal.

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  6. Re:Next stage: one that works on Protect Your Computer From Theft · · Score: 2

    Perhaps the guts from a laptop fitted into a full tower or server case? You could probably bolt one into a server case, get all the interior walls of the case sheathed in concrete, drill some holes for air circulation and cabling, then load up the 75% of the case that's left with concrete. Use a port-replicator to use a regular keyboard/mouse/monitor with the beast, and you could be ready to rock.

    Heck, this sort of thing could mean a lower insurance premium if you have a Powerbook or a Dell, since the concrete may well smother the flames before they really get going!

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  7. Re:Shame on Taco on Protect Your Computer From Theft · · Score: 4

    Maybe Taco can scrounge the net for source and compile his own?

    Except that a grammar/spell checker is supposed to find misspelled words and improper phrasing, then suggest the correct spelling and/or phrasing, not the other way around. Can you imagine what a Taco-built spell/grammar checker would do to a sentence like this?

    My dog has fleas.

    The mind shrinks away from the possibilities.

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  8. Just like an iMac! on Protect Your Computer From Theft · · Score: 2

    You won't ever, EVER be adding ANY new components to that bad boy.

    That line of criminals not stealing what they can't carry reminds of one of those "stupidest criminals" stories. Seems that some not-quite-bright fellow figured that there was a booming market in stolen car batteries in $SOME_TOWN. He climbed over a brick wall to get at the back door of an auto shop, and moved a a large number of car batteries, by hand, back over the wall. After doing this, he was so tired, he lay down to take a quick nap, which was how the police found him, curled up with his batteries.

    In other words, only non-stupid criminals will not steal what they can't carry.

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  9. Re:The Real Reason NASA no longer scans for life on The Viking Landers, 25 Years Later · · Score: 2

    Maybe we should tell them the truth, that all the chimps we sent into space came back super-intelligent.
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    NASA doctor

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  10. Is Steve Austin involved? on Bionic Ear Now In FDA trials · · Score: 1

    Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.

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  11. Re:It makes one misty eyed. on Infocom's Dave Lebling Interviewed · · Score: 2

    You are wearing pants.
    >Open pants
    Pants are open.
    >Get hot grits
    You already have hot grits.
    >pour hot grits in pants
    Natalie Portman is petrified of hot grits in your pants.
    ...
    A CmdrTaco appears.
    >Hello.
    The CmdrTaco screams: Yuo troll! No hto girts or Natalie Protman err allowed at my diskusion bord! Your are to reed my PERL cod 5 tims befroe you're can go ot slep!
    >Back!
    Contacting images2.slashdot.org.........
    Server is not responding.
    >Please God no!
    You have been Taco-spaghettified to death.

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  12. Re:Oooh, Ooooh! I want one! on Smart Car, Or Dumb Idea? · · Score: 2
  13. Re:car metaphores on Unsafe At Any Runlevel · · Score: 2

    Probably waiting for you to log in.

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  14. Re:car metaphores on Unsafe At Any Runlevel · · Score: 5

    "Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You might remember me from other User-Ed films such as "Why Mac Users Can't Handle More Than One Button," and "Web Browsers and Porn: The Origin of RSI."

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  15. Re:Or not... on Linux 2.4.7 Released · · Score: 2

    I have to run lilo, since I use "make bzImage", rather than "make fairly-well-crafted".

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  16. Re:For a list of features and a terse introduction on Evolution 1.0 Beta 1 Released · · Score: 2

    "404 File Not Found"

    This is a major feature Evolution? Sounds vaguely Microsoftian to me;}

    Here's the link after its Slashdot-ectomy.

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  17. Re:Context is everything on GNOME Usability Study Report · · Score: 2

    I had a user have a fit because he felt he shouldn't have to click the "New" button in Outlook to compose a new email message. He felt it should be labelled "Send." Your quotes are probably closer to reality than "they could be."

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  18. Re:Update! on Code Red Worm Spreading, Set To Flood Whitehouse · · Score: 2

    That is irrelevant. PST was what was referenced, and is the subject of this thread, not PDT.

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  19. Re:Update! on Code Red Worm Spreading, Set To Flood Whitehouse · · Score: 2

    Actually, 4pm PST is 12am GMT. PST is GMT-8. Mountain Standard is GMT-7.

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  20. Re:bummer... on MandrakeSoft Going Public In France July 30 · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps Monica Lewinski?

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  21. Re:I IPO in your general direction on MandrakeSoft Going Public In France July 30 · · Score: 2

    Now go away, or I will rm -rf / you a second time.

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  22. Re:Good..but on Touchscreen Game Controller? · · Score: 3

    Accompanied by, in the words of my brother, "AAAAAAAAHHHH!!! Dragon-punch, dammit! I Dragon-punched you!"

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  23. Re:The K Syndrome... on Slashback: Debianism, Nukes, Discretion · · Score: 2

    The misspelled words are Killing me.

    And yet you are still reading /.

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  24. Well, basically... on Fusion Gets Closer With Magnetic Field Correction · · Score: 4

    I just copied the (nuclear) plant we have now. Then, I added some fins to lower wind resistance. And this racing stripe here I feel is pretty sharp.

    --Homer Simpson

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  25. Re:An Airlock?!? on ISS Airlock Installed · · Score: 2

    The airlock!
    The airlock!
    The 2,398,298,456th story airlock!
    High, low,
    Low, high,
    Throw 'em out the airlock!

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